On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 09:47:22PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > AFAIK there is no public evidence that Red Hat's (which is who I assume > you're principally referring to) decision not to ship mp3-playing software > is grounded in concerns about actively enforced patents.
FWIW, I've discussed this with a Red Hat employee at last year's LinuxTag. The reason they stay away from multimedia stuff is that they are afraid of being sued over patent infringement. They currently have a lot of money in the bank, which makes them an interesting target. Diego -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
